Is America a really big place?

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90210 aka Hummer Lover

not just really big but Really Really BIG...

NOLA guy

Assuming you are asking about the USA, the answer is yes. There are 2 larger countries: Russia and Canada. Australia is about the same size as the continental US (the part excluding Alaska and Hawaii). However, much of the territories of the other "top 10" countires are undeveloped and almost inaccessible, like Siberia in Russia. The continental US is relatively densely developed and accessible via an amazing network of roads, railroads, canals, and airports.

Note that Europe (which is a continent and not a country) is smaller the the USA but is even more densely developed and populated.

Rank Country Square Kilometers Square Miles
1 Russia 17,075,200 6,591,027
2 Canada 9,984,670 3,854,082
3 United States 9,631,418 3,717,727
4 China 9,596,960 3,704,426
5 Brazil 8,511,965 3,285,618
6 Australia 7,686,850 2,967,124
7 India 3,287,590 1,269,009
8 Argentina 2,766,890 1,068,019
9 Kazakhstan 2,717,300 1,048,877
10 Sudan 2,505,810 967,243

nannywho

About 3000 miles, coast to coast

slipstreamer

Yes. There's the saying that in Europe you can drive/travel for a few hours and be in another country - in the US you can drive for a few hours - and be in the same state.

There is another saying - "Texas - we're bigger than France!" (it's meant jokingly) But it is factually true.

Russia is bigger, but much of their land is unusable.

Edit - Barry has excellent information on this

Cherrypicker

America is a huge place with different time zones, depending where you are.

J-main

hell yea!

Fancy That

The US alone is about the size of all of Europe. Remember, 'America' includes both north and south America and North America consists of the US, Mexico and Canada!

insane penguin

it makes europe look like a village put it that way

My Anh N

We're huge.

maddfinn222

Yeah, I think it's big because you go to different places around America and the climate changes drastically, it's pretty cool actually.

the_beave

yes, very big.

crazierachie22

look america is nawt huge at least i don't think so i think its pretty tiny yeah we have different time zones and different states but its pretty tiny for us!

Duke75

Not really. You used to be able to fly over it on Concorde in less than a week.